TY  - JOUR
AU  - Seibold, Petra
AU  - Auvinen, Anssi
AU  - Averbeck, Dietrich
AU  - Bourguignon, Michel
AU  - Hartikainen, Jaana M
AU  - Hoeschen, Christoph
AU  - Laurent, Olivier
AU  - Noël, Georges
AU  - Sabatier, Laure
AU  - Salomaa, Sisko
AU  - Blettner, Maria
TI  - Clinical and epidemiological observations on individual radiation sensitivity and susceptibility.
JO  - International journal of radiation biology
VL  - 96
IS  - 3
SN  - 1362-3095
CY  - Abingdon
PB  - Informa Healthcare58475
M1  - DKFZ-2019-02275
SP  - 324-339
PY  - 2020
N1  - 2020 Mar;96(3):324-339#EA:C020#
AB  - Purpose: To summarize existing knowledge and to understand individual response to radiation exposure, the MELODI Association together with CONCERT European Joint Programme has organized a workshop in March 2018 on radiation sensitivity and susceptibility. Methods: The workshop reviewed the current evidence on this matter, to inform the MELODI Strategic Research Agenda (SRA), to determine social and scientific needs and to come up with recommendations for suitable and feasible future research initiatives to be taken for the benefit of an improved medical diagnosis and treatment as well as for radiation protection. Results: The present paper gives an overview of the current evidence in this field, including potential effect modifiers such as age, gender, genetic profile, and health status of the exposed population, based on clinical and epidemiological observations. Conclusion: The authors conclude with the following recommendations for the way forward in radiation research: (a) there is need for large (prospective) cohort studies; (b) build upon existing radiation research cohorts; (c) use data from well-defined cohorts with good exposure assessment and biological material already collected; (d) focus on study quality with standardized data collection and reporting; (e) improve statistical analysis; (f) cooperation between radiobiology and epidemiology; and (g) take consequences of radiosensitivity and radiosusceptibility into account.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:31539290
DO  - DOI:10.1080/09553002.2019.1665209
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/144851
ER  -